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end quote, and of course middle-class families are already on the hook for new taxes as a result of obamacare. so the question is who would be in the firing line this time? and at what cost? look, struggling families shouldn't have to pick up the tab again for washington's inability to live within its means. we need to start solving the actual problem, which is spending, and we need to do it together. so if -- and i say if democrats are finally ready to confront the massive fiscal and economic challenges facing our country and to do so in a serious way, i assure them that they will find partners on this side of the aisle. as for the debt limit, there is no need to wait for final resolution of the house's short-term legislation before we start putting a long-term debt reduction solution together here in the senate. if the bill the house passed yesterday is signed into law, congress will have another three months to take the debt challenge, take it on seriously, but that does not mean we should wait a minute longer to start working on it. there's no reason, for instance, that the finance commit
end quote, and of course middle-class families are already on the hook for new taxes as a result of obamacare. so the question is who would be in the firing line this time? and at what cost? look, struggling families shouldn't have to pick up the tab again for washington's inability to live within its means. we need to start solving the actual problem, which is spending, and we need to do it together. so if -- and i say if democrats are finally ready to confront the massive fiscal and economic...
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mitt romney also didn't commit for a replacement for obamacare in the health care. a lot of conservatives blame the republicans. if you're a member other public and party and people are saying obama is terrible, what your replacement for obamacare and dodd-frank? we don't want to get into that right now. that's not serious governing party. in that respect having a leader won't be enough to having serious policies of the national level comparable to those a lot of governors are in pursuit of the state level. >> i think there's a movement issue. i were to do. the conservative movement came into fruition with reagan in 1980. it's now, as a governing force, it's now three decades old. a lot of what goes on in movements, as result of three decades and a lot of groups getting involved and a lot of interest groups on the right is a kind of choking off of a lot of conversation because if you start down the road the bill is going to you start talking about what is the kind of regulation you should have. and instantly you trigger a regulation, bad, regulation is bad so, there
mitt romney also didn't commit for a replacement for obamacare in the health care. a lot of conservatives blame the republicans. if you're a member other public and party and people are saying obama is terrible, what your replacement for obamacare and dodd-frank? we don't want to get into that right now. that's not serious governing party. in that respect having a leader won't be enough to having serious policies of the national level comparable to those a lot of governors are in pursuit of the...
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so i've always thought that particularly public health insurance, now what obamacare is going do is another question. i'm not sure what's going happen then. the mandate and requirement and employers begin to realize they face penalties if they don't have workers or too many workers working for too many hours and not providing health insurance. that's a wild card. one other thing i want to mention, and it wasn't asked, i want to mention one thing, when people worry about the costs of the new work supports, you really need to divide them between health care-related cost, health insurance related cons and the rest. in new york city we'll spent about $35 billion on medicaid. food stamps is three, cash welfare less than one. the child care credit are hundreds of millions. so i do worry that those who are concerned about over abundance of work supports may lose focus on the real problem in our government spending, which is health care, retirees, entitlement benefits, and things think we'll solve the deficit problem if we turn those work supports back. it won't work. you wouldn't get the money. i
so i've always thought that particularly public health insurance, now what obamacare is going do is another question. i'm not sure what's going happen then. the mandate and requirement and employers begin to realize they face penalties if they don't have workers or too many workers working for too many hours and not providing health insurance. that's a wild card. one other thing i want to mention, and it wasn't asked, i want to mention one thing, when people worry about the costs of the new...
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with it's looking at dumping those former workers into the obamacare exchange. it would save the city are a lot of money, but the taxpayers of illinois and every other state would have to pick up the tab because the chicago -- the city is trying to skip out on paying their own bill. federal subsidies for chicago retirees would be $44 million in 2014, and that amount would only grow over time. of course we know that the mayor of chicago is rahm emanuel. he was one of the main figures if the room where obamacare was being written, and we all know -- all of america knows that that room was hidden behind closed doors. he knew exactly the kinds of incentives that the law was creating. he also knew exactly how many people would be affected, and he knew how people like him could use the law to push health care costs onto someone else. chicago takes that step today. other cities might popcorn right behind and waiting to do the same thing tomorrow and the date after that and so on. we need to reduce health care costs in america, but all we do and all we see is getting co
with it's looking at dumping those former workers into the obamacare exchange. it would save the city are a lot of money, but the taxpayers of illinois and every other state would have to pick up the tab because the chicago -- the city is trying to skip out on paying their own bill. federal subsidies for chicago retirees would be $44 million in 2014, and that amount would only grow over time. of course we know that the mayor of chicago is rahm emanuel. he was one of the main figures if the room...
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obamacare imposed over 20 different tax increases at a cost of over a trillion dollars. earlier this month tax rates went up further. but the democrats are already calling for higherrer taxes again. -- higher taxes again. as our house and senate leaders have said, we are not raising taxes. but we have no desire to be tax collectors for a welfare state. we have to focus on the real problem, and the real problem is spending. but we can't just respond to the democrats' proposals. we have to offer our own, and that's exactly what we're going to do. this session i'll advance reforms to protect and strengthen medicare and medicaid, to reform health care. dave camp, chairman of the house ways and means committee, he will advance a tax reform effort, and we will propose a budget that will balance and pay down the debt. guess what? the democrats are unlikely to accept our proposals. i know that may come as a surprise to you. [laughter] they refuse to consider the real reform that's needed to get the country on the right track. but we will lay the groundwork for future endeavors s
obamacare imposed over 20 different tax increases at a cost of over a trillion dollars. earlier this month tax rates went up further. but the democrats are already calling for higherrer taxes again. -- higher taxes again. as our house and senate leaders have said, we are not raising taxes. but we have no desire to be tax collectors for a welfare state. we have to focus on the real problem, and the real problem is spending. but we can't just respond to the democrats' proposals. we have to offer...
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the tea party over on the house side wants to vote for extreme things like voting to repeal or defund obamacare over 30 times, over 30 times. or voting to turn medicare into a voucher program. if it's extreme enough, then they'll vote for it. but those are things that aren't supported by the american people, and they can't pass the senate. for the regular business, for the regular business of government, for the regular business of passing senate bipartisan legislation, the tea party hastert rule combination is deadly. so back to where i began. if you're concerned about dysfunction in congress, if you're wondering why we're less popular than a root canal, if you're wondering why 77% of americans look at congress and think that we're actually doing more harm than good, if update an explaining -- if you want an explanation of the dysfunction, take a look at the hastert rule. if you look at this problem the way a doctor would look at a patient, the way an engineer would look at a system, the way a car mechanic would look at an automobile, and you look for what is broken, be specific, it is the app
the tea party over on the house side wants to vote for extreme things like voting to repeal or defund obamacare over 30 times, over 30 times. or voting to turn medicare into a voucher program. if it's extreme enough, then they'll vote for it. but those are things that aren't supported by the american people, and they can't pass the senate. for the regular business, for the regular business of government, for the regular business of passing senate bipartisan legislation, the tea party hastert...
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why do democrats want to entirely ignore that massive tax hikes associated with obamacare that have already gone into effect with more to come? fourth, spending cuts that my friends on the other side of the aisle are banking when they devised their enron accounting have not yet been set in place. until 2013 comes to a close, those spending reductions have not actually occurred. and congress has a long history of promising cuts without delivering. it is ironic for me that my friends on the other side of the aisle fight tooth and nail against any true reductions in the out-sized spending of the current administration. then when budget realities force considerations of reductions and legislation is passed promising reductions, democrats boast of having cut spending to reduce deficits. finally, when it comes to actually implementing any spending cuts, democrats want to undo them and replace them with yet more taxes, and that's what we're hearing from the other side with regard to the sequestration. mr. president, i believe that our country faces a large spending problem and that our debt is too
why do democrats want to entirely ignore that massive tax hikes associated with obamacare that have already gone into effect with more to come? fourth, spending cuts that my friends on the other side of the aisle are banking when they devised their enron accounting have not yet been set in place. until 2013 comes to a close, those spending reductions have not actually occurred. and congress has a long history of promising cuts without delivering. it is ironic for me that my friends on the other...
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these wacky ideas, and romney was this interest corporatist governor of the state, you know, where did obamacare come from? was written by the heritage foundation and put into practice in 2006 by romney in massachusetts and then was adopted by obama. it's a completely faeroe de date. and so, for me supporting third-party movement is part of the resistance, but of course not enough. and actually i agree with your point and the work that you are doing, but i think it's -- when i talk about the start, i'm not sitting out watching c-span waiting for a spark to it i was arrested in front of goldman sachs and the white house and every where else, but i think that we can't the demoralized with numbers and after the success of the occupied movement i am finding within the occupied movement a demoralization and i keep telling like when we go and i was just out of occupied sandy in that sense i come out of the seminary's well the texas it is a kind of moral in paris this. and that is what he gets. that is what americans get and king and malcolm got that if you, you know, we were where we should be, and fa
these wacky ideas, and romney was this interest corporatist governor of the state, you know, where did obamacare come from? was written by the heritage foundation and put into practice in 2006 by romney in massachusetts and then was adopted by obama. it's a completely faeroe de date. and so, for me supporting third-party movement is part of the resistance, but of course not enough. and actually i agree with your point and the work that you are doing, but i think it's -- when i talk about the...
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obamacare is also turning guys has been in many ways to a social issue. the right use it as a moral question about article and have have a socialist question or not. not a health policy question. gay marriage is a social policy question. it's not just like can first cousins marry. it's fundamentally, do you approve of homosexual conduct are not? what is your view of the bible? what is your view of tradition? what is your view of human rights and equality. things that are hard a couple muslim. nl marijuana which would argue also behaves as drug policy does as a social policy issue, social values issue to a large can send the president obama and the administration have said we're going to do with this as a legal issue. we're going to do with the law tells us. unfortunately, as we've been hearing the law isn't altogether clear on this. to be a lot of puzzling over the law. drug policy doesn't settle it easy. partly because as angel said what we're talking about is making decisions in a vacuum without having information you. how do you handle these very conte
obamacare is also turning guys has been in many ways to a social issue. the right use it as a moral question about article and have have a socialist question or not. not a health policy question. gay marriage is a social policy question. it's not just like can first cousins marry. it's fundamentally, do you approve of homosexual conduct are not? what is your view of the bible? what is your view of tradition? what is your view of human rights and equality. things that are hard a couple muslim....
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now, what obamacare can do is a whole nother question, and i'm not sure what's going to happen then with mandates and requirements, employers who didn't realize that they face penalties if they don't have enough workers or if they have workers working to meet our than enough providing them health insurance. that's a wildcard. one of the thing i want to mention and wasn't asked but i do want to mention one thing. when people worried about the cost of these new work supports, you really need to divide them between health care related costs, health insurance related costs and the rest. in new york city will spend about $35 billion on medicaid. food stamps is free. cash welfare is less than one. the childcare credits our, you, hundreds of millions. so i do worry that those who are concerned about the over abundance of work support may lose, lose focus on the real problem and our government spending, which is health care, retirees, entitlement benefits. and think that we will solve the deficit problem if we just turn those work supports back. it won't work. you won't get the money, and i don'
now, what obamacare can do is a whole nother question, and i'm not sure what's going to happen then with mandates and requirements, employers who didn't realize that they face penalties if they don't have enough workers or if they have workers working to meet our than enough providing them health insurance. that's a wildcard. one of the thing i want to mention and wasn't asked but i do want to mention one thing. when people worried about the cost of these new work supports, you really need to...
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the affordable care act, or obamacare, had very little impact on health spending in 2011 with the exception of certain provisions like allowing those under the age of 26 to remain on their parents' insurance plans. this ises just under an hour. this is just under an hour. >> as we host the office of the actuary at the centers for medicare and medicaid services as they present their lookback at national health spending this year for 2011. as you know since you have copies of the article in front of you, the central finding is that overall growth remains low, but we are beginning to see among some payers and services some signs of acceleration. and you'll be hearing more about that in a moment. in our ongoing effort at health affairs to make everybody aware of who is behind the numbers in the news, i commend to you our people and places article in this month's issue. the embargo, of course, comes off today at 4 p.m. crunching the really big numbers at cms which lays out the work of the office of the actuary and tells you a little bit more about how they do the job that they do. so as i say, i
the affordable care act, or obamacare, had very little impact on health spending in 2011 with the exception of certain provisions like allowing those under the age of 26 to remain on their parents' insurance plans. this ises just under an hour. this is just under an hour. >> as we host the office of the actuary at the centers for medicare and medicaid services as they present their lookback at national health spending this year for 2011. as you know since you have copies of the article in...
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obamacare, i have a love -- how long does this marriage have to last relationship. because it's just tremendous legislation. it's just astounding. people be talking about this for century how this happened it is just incredible and i love it. my patience for the inner-city. and i certainly don't want us to fall back on vouchers for medicare, and i certainly know that the romney solution universal access is not for my emergency department. for many reasons. but there's something that both republicans and democratic locks, the real brainiacs have all agreed on. budget office people agreed on a. democratic budget wonks agreed on a. the sustainable growth rate is medicare is much more insidious and is going to ruin medicare long before a voucher style system will ruin it. and how can have two different parties agree on something so very fundamental and not come together and get it done? >> a good question and a great one. >> but don't let me -- i don't want to get out of there without answering. and i want to make one other point, which i have a love affair with institu
obamacare, i have a love -- how long does this marriage have to last relationship. because it's just tremendous legislation. it's just astounding. people be talking about this for century how this happened it is just incredible and i love it. my patience for the inner-city. and i certainly don't want us to fall back on vouchers for medicare, and i certainly know that the romney solution universal access is not for my emergency department. for many reasons. but there's something that both...
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not only has income fallen by $2,500; costs have gone up thanks to obamacare by $2,300 for the average family. until recently passing a budget was considered optional or not optional. it was considered a basic responsibility under the law. in fact, the budget act requires that congress pass a budget each year. but this has has been defied for almost four years now in the senate. i realize that the democratic leader, the majority leader, has said that he didn't want to bring a budget to the floor because he didn't want to put his members through a series of politically tough votes. well, we can't just get to this problem by dealing with tax increases. this seems to be the preferred method of dealing with our deficits and debt, by raising taxes, which of course happened as a result of the fiscal cliff negotiations where taxes have gone up on americans roughly $60 billion a year, almost $600 billion over the next ten years. but the president's budgets nevertheless continue to ask for more revenue, but the message from this side of the aisle has been the president has gotten his pound of f
not only has income fallen by $2,500; costs have gone up thanks to obamacare by $2,300 for the average family. until recently passing a budget was considered optional or not optional. it was considered a basic responsibility under the law. in fact, the budget act requires that congress pass a budget each year. but this has has been defied for almost four years now in the senate. i realize that the democratic leader, the majority leader, has said that he didn't want to bring a budget to the...
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until a senator came to the floor and insisted on -- and gave notice they would insist on a repeal obamacare amendment. on any cyber bill. and that threw a pretty big spanner into the works of what i thought was a that what was moving towards a good bipartisan solution there. we have real problems here in terms of the abuse of the filibuster. when the majority leader can say that lyndon johnson has majority leader faced one filibuster and this majority leader has i think he said 291 times, 391 times, had to file cloture, that's a pretty big change. when -- when you see judges who've been cleared in the judiciary committee unanimously sitting on the executive calendar in what has become a hostage pool for purposes of trading, these are judges who are ready to go, they may very well be a judicial emergency in their district, they have republican and democratic support and they're held hostage, to be used as trading pieces on either other judges or other issues. i think that's a very poor way to go about doing business, particularly when you consider where that leaves an individual who's put th
until a senator came to the floor and insisted on -- and gave notice they would insist on a repeal obamacare amendment. on any cyber bill. and that threw a pretty big spanner into the works of what i thought was a that what was moving towards a good bipartisan solution there. we have real problems here in terms of the abuse of the filibuster. when the majority leader can say that lyndon johnson has majority leader faced one filibuster and this majority leader has i think he said 291 times, 391...
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for instance, discussions of past policies, discussions of obamacare and so forth. once you've said it, can you say it again? not everybody saw it. it's just news to keep reporting the same thing over and over again every time somebody misrepresents it. >> speaking about the election, how would you characterize the way that the press handled this election compared to other elections you've covered? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> let's face it. i can't remember a single election where i went, wow! that was a truly satisfying experience. on the other hand, i've been criticizing and analyzing the media for the last four elections at least so i'm there looking for it, waiting for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, and, oh, there it is. it goes on election cycle after election cycle after election cycle. >> well, your show itself played somewhat of a role, and you, yourself faced one of the great media figures in the election which was john, and i wonder if you could share with our audience what it was like to face the evil master himself. it was up there among joh
for instance, discussions of past policies, discussions of obamacare and so forth. once you've said it, can you say it again? not everybody saw it. it's just news to keep reporting the same thing over and over again every time somebody misrepresents it. >> speaking about the election, how would you characterize the way that the press handled this election compared to other elections you've covered? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> let's face it. i can't remember a single election...
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health care debate, she provided real leadership, took the risk of leadership because she believed in obamacare. she was going to find a way to get it through the house, and she was going to risk her majority in the process. she knew he was at risk, lost the majority over it, but it's the law today. there is a lesson there for republicans to stand up for what they believe, to take the risk and lose. >> host: are you more effective, able to raise more money if you are in the minority or fighting with democrats or fighting within yourself actually i should say? >> guest: it's not fighting, but encouraging. you know, it doesn't matter. what we try to do is hold every member of congress accountable, and in many respects, we are critical of republicans. we're not a republican organization, but a fiscal conservative organization. we just do economic issues, not social issues or foreign policy. we try to find ways to promote proeconomic growth policy. our first focus in political races is through the pact, safe open republican seats. if there's a safe, open republican state or district, it's going to
health care debate, she provided real leadership, took the risk of leadership because she believed in obamacare. she was going to find a way to get it through the house, and she was going to risk her majority in the process. she knew he was at risk, lost the majority over it, but it's the law today. there is a lesson there for republicans to stand up for what they believe, to take the risk and lose. >> host: are you more effective, able to raise more money if you are in the minority or...
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but i am struck looking back on the last election and the discussion of obamacare that it seemed to get a bad rap as a quote-unquote government takeover. and it really was conceived of as almost the opposite. an effort to make the private marketplace function better with better rules. and i would like to hear from you if you agree that it is, in fact, a market-centered effort and is not a government takeover. >> i think, um, that the higher -- where the dollars are going to be spent, um, and i mentioned a little bit about the insurance side, it is going to have a cost increase from an insurance point of view. more people will be covered, that's a great aspect of it, but it's going to cost, um, the american individual more dollars because the risk profile is changing. now, we probably not be as active in the individual exchange market as others will be, but you will see an increase in that regard. and the reason why i say that is that has not come out in the health care reform debate, and the knowledgeable people in the back room are raising that, but we are a big believer in 2014 for in
but i am struck looking back on the last election and the discussion of obamacare that it seemed to get a bad rap as a quote-unquote government takeover. and it really was conceived of as almost the opposite. an effort to make the private marketplace function better with better rules. and i would like to hear from you if you agree that it is, in fact, a market-centered effort and is not a government takeover. >> i think, um, that the higher -- where the dollars are going to be spent, um,...